Cynewulf

[ kin-uh-woolf ]

noun

1. flourished 9th century a.d., Anglo-Saxon poet.

Cynewulf

/ ˈkɪnɪˌwʊlf; ˈkɪnˌwʊlf /

noun

1. Cynewulf?8th century?8th centuryMAnglo-SaxonWRITING: poet ?8th century ad , Anglo-Saxon poet; author of Juliana, The Ascension, Elene, and The Fates of the Apostles

Example Sentences

King Cynewulf of Wessex - murdered by a rival at his mistress's house in Merton in 786.

From BBC

The Vercelli Book takes us back in the writings of Cynewulf to the eighth century; the Exeter manuscript looks back even farther and introduces us to the singers of heathen or semi-heathen times.

From Project Gutenberg

The three are commonly known as Cynewulf’s Christ, but the runic signature attests only the second.

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Mr. Brooke has remarked upon a similarity between the Tempest of Cynewulf and Shelley's Ode to the West Wind.

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Now Cynewulf reigned thirty-one years, and his body lies entombed in the city of Winchester.

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